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Joe.co.uk has a report on an attempt at the Chilli Challenge at Meat Liquor in London which includes five tips for competitive eaters.

Competitive Eaters diagnosed with cancer

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest is being used to illustrate articles about the World Health Organization's new report that claims consumption of processed meats increases the chances of colon and stomach cancer.
Omaha.com reports that Molly Schuyler eating the 72 ounce steak at Sayler's in Portland in 2:44 appears in the latest edition of Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Crazy Legs Conti will discuss his chicken wing eating techniques on Friday's episode of You're Eating it Wrong on the Cooking Channel.
Joey Chestnut recorded a commercial for Nextel on the Coney Island Boardwalk Wednesday.
Randy Santel reports he finished the Vault Cracker Sundae Challenge at The Vault Sweet Shoppe in Port Huron, MI today for his 300th restaurant challenge completion.
Kickstarter is accepting pledges for Halfling Feast, a competitive eating card game set in a Lord of the Rings type universe. The project currently has reached $4,496 of its $5,313 goal. People who pledge $379 or more will have a halfling character in the game created based on their likeness (or someone else they select.) Pledging will close on October 19.
A memorial for Stephanie Torres will be held tomorrow in Las Cruces, NM. The cause of her passing was fainting from low potassium levels. (via Stephanie Wu) update Stephanie Wu reports stories are being collected for a memorial urn. update Oct 4 Link for video streaming will start at 3 Pacific / 4 Mountain / 6 eastern (via Stephanie Wu).
"Furious" Pete Czewinski reports a decrease in his tumor markers from 11+ to 1. He will get a full health status report in November.
LosAngeles.craigslist.org has a casting call requesting competitive eaters for a new television show that will record October 5 in Woodland Hills, CA.
Kate Ovens has uploaded a video of her latest eating challenge: a 6 patty burger at the Fat Hippo in Newcastle, England.
For his latest video, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted an excerpt from his 2013 tour of Japan where he faced off against female competitive eater Mio Takahashi in a noodle eating contest.
The UK qualifier for the Japanese television program "Battle of the Big Eaters 3" will take place in London on October 4. Four Britons will be chosen to compete in the finals in the USA.
The Telegraph has an article about Nela Zisser's latest video where she eats a 7 pound sundae with more than 10,000 calories.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski announces that he has finished the last radiation therapy in a series of 20 treatments. Let's hope he is declared cancer free in two months when he learns the outcome.
A website for Dale Boone's campaign for the mayor of Brookhaven, GA has been set up at http://voteboone.com
The youtube channel for Japanese female competitive eater Yuka Kinoshita has passed the 500,000 subscriber mark. Her videos have also been viewed more than 100 million times.
The MLE top 50 has been redone: Miki Sudo and Tim Janus have swapped #3/#4 and Adrian Morgan and Erik Denmark have exchanged #6 and #7. Geoff Esper is #12 and Gideon Oji is #15. I do not think anyone has been added or ejected.
Teams will compete in a steak eating contest at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in tonight's episode of The Great Food Truck Race at 9 pm on the Food Network.
The Daily Mail has an article about Erik "The Electric" Lamkin and his recovery from an eating disorder. update The New York Post also has an article.
Nela Zisser and Erik Lamkin collaborated on a video project where they both attempted to eat 20 McDonald's cheeseburgers.
Reno.craigslist.org has a request for competitive eaters to attempt food challenges in sessions on September 6, 7 and 8. The casting call claims that the biggest names in MLE will participate in the project. The filming site is not mentioned, presumably it will be in north Nevada.
A pizza eating contest will be held at the World's Largest Pizza Festival in Beverly Hills tomorrow. Recording artists 2 Chainz and Tyga will perform at the event, which has an entrance fee of $1000.

MLE head to head results September 2, 2015

Here are the head to head results for people with 2 or more MLE contests over the past 365 days. Matt Stonie moved ahead of Joey Chestnut after the 2014 Hooters wing contest came off the books.

1 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 98.4% 127-2
2 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 95.2% 158-8
3 Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) 87% 20-3
4 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 78.7% 69-18-2
5 Miki Sudo (M Su) 77.9% 106-30
6 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) 76% 36-11-1
7 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 72.7% 24-9
8 Marcos “The Monster” Owens (M Ow) 71.9% 11-4-1
9 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) 69.7% 88-38-1
10 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 60.8% 50-32-1

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